Having a positive instructor for your first track day can really influence many more people in the sport than you think. Brad Adams takes us through his first experience on track, his instructor, and how what he learned that first weekend transfers over to his students and now, his students students.
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Episode 52 - We've got Intern Derek on the show today to talk about his first track day experience, what to expect from his upcoming track day with NASA, the best $15k car for dual duty, and SA2010 helmets.
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Episode 51 - Austin and Adam talk about Stock Cars, Turbo S2000s, and #GRIDLIFE registraion. We also have our first segment from our West Coast correspondent, Matt Viramontes who interviews Fei-Long Tran.
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Transmissions are complicated, but taking apart a blown up one isn't that scary...
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Last fall at Miatas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was one of the super rare times that I asked to ride with someone in a Miata. Yes, a Miata. A low horsepower, slow, ugly Miata. And I loved it.
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Episode 50 - Rocky Mountain NASA Regional Director Dave Balingit visit with Austin while in Atlanta picking up his new NASA NP01 Prototype. We talk about his trip, his driving background, and how he got started with NASA back in the early 1990s.
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Watch as we go over the Polar FIS, tools needed for the install, walk you through the install process, and show you how to configure it. We also cover some fun little things it will do that we found out after the install.
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Episode 49 - The guys catch up with International Amateur Racing Celebrity Greg Amy to talk about pimped out gopeds, 70s Fuel Injection to Carb swaps, Miatas, 1995 Audi S6s, One Lap of America, and why the Easy Road isn't the Greg Amy way of doing things. Other topics include race fuel check procedures, Del Sols, what Greg plans to do will all of his various vehicles, vintage racing, current fuel prices...and the list goes on and on. Greg also answers the two questions he thinks need to be answered by all of our guests after our towing podcast - tow in gear or out of gear, and straps crossed or straight. Greg's always talked about his ability to please many people at once...and he delivers.
Drew from Deft Motion provides some insight into some things you need to pay attention to in addition to your driving to become the best driver you can be. Some of us do these thing subconsciously already, but reading them is still good reinforcement.
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Episode 48 - Adam and Austin talk about how they got into cars and what it was like early on. Surprisingly, they both bought the same issue of Super Street as their first import magazine and they both started reading Sport Compact Car because of their families. All this and more in todays episode of SlipAngle.
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This hobby sucks you in. Somehow it sucked in Mr. Ravi.....and all he had at the start was an automatic Tiburon ....which means you can probably get your daily driver on track as well, huh?
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Episode 47 - (Part 2) Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name. A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows. While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour conversation on professional driving, driving techniques, and how Ross started writing books and coaching.
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Dennis knew nothing about chopping rust out ....until he started doing it. Fix that rusty track car in the garage like he is!
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Episode 46 - Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name. A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows. While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour conversation on professional driving, driving techniques, and how Ross started writing books and coaching.
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In our first Weekly Pit Stop, we take a look at a few examples of built lightweight RWD cars on the market currently. The "Weekly Pit Stop" is a series of weekly articles that contain interesting links we've found over the past week as well as cars, tow rigs, and trailers we feel are great deals.
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Episode 45 - We were going to record a Holiday episode since our friday episode fell on Christmas Day, but we decided instead to spend the time witht eh ones we love. In place of a new episode, we go back in time to the first episode we ever released - Episode 1. We will be back next Tuesday with an all new episode! Thanks everyone for the support!
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Chris Sullivan loved this Accord, and plans to love it again.
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Autosport Labs has developed RaceCapture - a new, powerful data acquisition tool that makes data analysis more affordable and accessible to all drivers. Here at tracktuned.com, we like data, and we like accessibility and affordability as well. We were so impressed by what the team at Autosport Labs has created we invited them to come on the show and share with our listeners just what it is they are up to!
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Adam, Austin, and Hollie went to the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show for a day and took a stab at recording a few videos.
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In the first Episode of "Dinner with Ricers", Austin and Adam enjoy a nice Mexican meal at Acapulco Joe's in Downtown Indinapolis after The Performance Racing Industry Show. They are joined by Brad "Brap" Adams, ITRExpo dude Jay Haire, Pint-sized Hollie (Pocket) Heiser, and Fabricator and friend of the show, Brent from Alabama. Tons of puns, great conversation, and random information plague this episode of SlipAngle. Listen in for a good laugh.
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